On the logic of restrictive recognition of peptide by the T-cell antigen receptor

Immunologic Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-68

  Cohn, Melvin ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloreactivity; MHC encoded restricting element; Restricted reactivity; Structure function relationships; TCR model

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; CATALYSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79955628614     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-010-8173-y     Document Type: Review

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